MAPVI offers speaker meetings (generally the 4th Tuesday of each month, at a variable location) and family activities (generally 2-4 times a year).

Saturday, October 14, 2006, 1:00pm-3:00pm

"MAPVI's' 3rd Annual Apple Picking Event"
at Berlin Orchards, 200 Central St, Route 62, Berlin, MA.

Click here for further information and directions..

The following speaker meetings were held within the last 1-3 years. MAPVI would be happy to sponsor repeats of any of these, if ten or more individuals from a common geographical area within Massachusetts express an interest. Contact any MAPVI board member or send an e-mail to mapvi-info@viguide.com to arrange this.

• Lower School Family Conference
• Music Therapy
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: When are they needed? What kinds are available?
• Turning Three - Special Education Issues
• Issues in Social Sexual Education for Children with Visual Impairments workshop
• Families and Advocates Partnership for Education workshop
• Socialization / Self-Esteem Workshop
• Assistive/Adaptive Technology
• Chapter 766 Updates
• Special Olympics
• Fostering Friendships
• Vision Simulations and Assistive Technology at Home and at Work
• Personal Insights into Growing Up Blind
• Legislative Updates
• Estate and Financial Planning
• Discussion with Doctors and other Providers at Children's Hospital in Boston
• Summer Camp Resources
• "Circle of Friends" Workshop
• Sibling Issues
• Basic Educational Rights Workshop
• Assistive Technology and the Visually Impaired
• Inclusion of Students with Visual Impairments
• The Internet and Resources for the Visually Impaired Workshop
• The Vision Resources Library
• Blindisms in Children / Behavioral Issues in the Visually Impaired Child
• Recreation in Education and the Community
• Effective Communication Workshop
• Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Services
• Skill-building for the Workforce
• Educational and Recreational Software for Children with Visual Impairments
• Financial Planning Seminar

The following social, educational and/or experiential activities were held within the last 1-3 years.

• Fishing Derby
• Summer Picnic
• Fall Apple Picking
• Woods Hole Aquarium visit and picnic
• Annual Winter Holiday Party
• Annual Halloween Party
• Riverside Amusement Park outing
• Skiing Adventure
• Whalom Park amusement park outing

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